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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1: Registering Object Storage</h1>
<div><div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><ul><li>Before registering object storage, ensure that the account corresponding to the AK/SK of the object storage has the permission to list buckets.</li><li>Before backing up object storage, ensure that the account corresponding to the AK/SK of the object storage has the read permission on buckets and bucket access control lists (ACLs).</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000002199964685_uicontrol31735811411"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000002199964685_text4171858161413"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000002199964685_text6353164213157"><strong>Object Storage</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Switch to the <strong>Object Storage</strong> tab page and click <strong>Register</strong>.</span></li><li><span>Configure basic object storage information.</span><p><p><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000001839267617_en-us_topic_0000001172683312_table635115223177">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.</p>

<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000001839267617_en-us_topic_0000001172683312_table635115223177"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001839267617_en-us_topic_0000001172683312_table635115223177"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164655634__en-us_topic_0000001839267617_en-us_topic_0000001172683312_table635115223177" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Object storage registration information</caption><colgroup><col style="width:23.189999999999998%"><col style="width:76.81%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Name</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User-defined name of the object storage.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Type</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Object storage type, which can be <strong>OceanStor Pacific</strong>, <strong>Huawei Cloud Stack OBS</strong>, or <strong>Alibaba Cloud OSS</strong>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Endpoint</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Access address of the object storage.</p>
<p>The address can be the domain name or service plane IP address of the object storage. You are advised to use the domain name of the object storage.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>Configure the DNS service on the <span>OceanProtect</span> WebUI so that the <span>OceanProtect</span> can access external domain names. For details about how to configure the DNS service, see <a href="en-us_topic_0000002200056301.html">Configuring the DNS Service</a>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Protocol</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Protocol used for data transmission between the <span>OceanProtect</span> and object storage.</p>
<ul><li>If <strong>HTTPS</strong> is selected, import a valid certificate so that the <span>OceanProtect</span> can verify the object storage information. Obtain the certificate from the object storage administrator in advance.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>You need to import a certificate only when <strong>Type</strong> is set to <strong>OceanStor Pacific</strong>. To obtain a certificate, perform the following steps:</p>
<ol type="a"><li>Log in to the OceanStor Pacific management page.</li><li>Choose <strong>Settings</strong> &gt; <strong>Certificate</strong> &gt; <strong>Certificate Management</strong>.</li><li>Click <strong>Object storage service security certificate</strong> to display the <strong>Certificate Details</strong> page.</li><li>Click the <strong>CA Certificate</strong> tab to view the CA certificate and ensure that the value of <strong>CN</strong> is <strong>RootCA</strong>.</li><li>Return to the <strong>Certificate</strong> page. Click the <strong>Built-In CA</strong> tab, select <strong>Service</strong>, and click <strong>Export CA Certificate</strong> to export the Service certificate.</li></ol>
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</li><li>If <strong>HTTP</strong> is selected, the <span>OceanProtect</span> cannot verify the archive storage environment information, which poses security risks. You are advised to select <strong>HTTPS</strong> for security purposes.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>This parameter is displayed when HTTPS is used. Select an object storage certificate of the object storage type to verify the object storage environment information.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><ul><li>You need to import a certificate only when <strong>Type</strong> is set to <strong>OceanStor Pacific</strong>.</li><li>When <strong>Type</strong> is set to <strong>Alibaba Cloud OSS</strong> and <strong>Protocol</strong> is set to <strong>HTTPS</strong>, certificate configuration is not supported. (Only unidirectional authentication is supported when HTTPS is used to access Alibaba Cloud object storage resources.)</li></ul>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>AK</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Access certificate for accessing the object storage.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>SK</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Security certificate for accessing the object storage.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Clients</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select a client for the object storage. If no client is selected, the built-in client is used by default.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Proxy Server</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>An agent server needs to be configured if the client cannot directly communicate with the object storage.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>Ensure that the maximum request body size allowed by the agent server is greater than 6 MB if the size of a single object to be backed up or restored does not exceed 58 GB, and greater than 5 GB if the size exceeds 58 GB.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Server URL</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>URL address of the agent server for connection between the <span>OceanProtect</span> and the production end. This parameter is displayed only when the agent server is enabled. Currently, only the HTTP protocol is supported.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Username</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User of the agent server. This parameter is displayed only when the agent server is enabled.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="23.189999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Password</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="76.81%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User password of the agent server. This parameter is displayed only when the agent server is enabled.</p>
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